Improvement in overalls



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Overalls.

Patented Dec. 15,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHEANG QUAN W0, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT |N OVERALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,902, dated December 15,1874; application filed October 15, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHEANG QUAN W0, of San Francisco city and county, State of California, have invented Improvement in Overalls; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sufiicient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvement without further invention or experiment.

My improvement in overalls consists in forming a gusset or triangular lap upon the piece of goods which comes opposite the corner of the pocket or other termination of a seam, and then sewing the lap or gusset down across the seam, as more fully described in the following specification, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawing, which represents a pair of overalls with my improvement.

A represents a pair of overalls. In order to fasten the corners of the pocket and the termination of other seams in the overalls, I leave a triangular or other shaped piece of cloth, I), projecting from the piece of cloth opposite the corner of the pocket, and this small piece 11 I lap over the corner of the pocket or seam, and sew it down firmly all around, so that it will form a gusset for strengthening the corners of the pocket, and prevent them from ripping or being torn by any ordinary strain that may come upon them.

This piece b is formed in the proper place when cutting the cloth for the part, so that it forms a permanent part of one of the pieces of the overalls, and is, therefore, much stronger and more durable than if it were a separate piece sewed on over the seam. This form of fastening also gives the overalls a much neater and more durable appearance.

I am aware that seams have been men forced by sewing over them separate and independ ent pieces to prevent ripping, but this is not my invention. By my device the re-enforcin g lap, instead of being a separate and independent piece of goods sewed to the garment, is a part and parcel of the body of the garment, and cut in one piece with it, thus not only avoiding the necessity of a separate reenforcing piece, but also avoiding one seam, which would be necessary to secure a gusset as usually cut.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A re-enforce for the cornersof pockets in overalls, consisting of a lap-piece, I), being a part or portion of one of the pieces of cloth united by the seams forming the garment, substantially as described and shown.

OHEANG QUAN W0. Witnesses:

J OHN L. BOONE, O. M. RICHARDSON. 

